The ride on Sunday — which started and ended at the Seekonk Rod and Gun Club in Rehoboth — was expected to raise at least $6,000, Medeiros said, and all that is not donated to eye research will be given to local charities.

“With the Lions, it’s a purely charity ride because whatever we don’t give to eye research, it stays local,” said Chuck Precopio, who helped organize the ride.

About 88 riders participated on Sunday, according to Medeiros, and the ride concluded with a pig roast at the Seekonk Rod and Gun Club — where 700 pounds of pig donated by local resident Skip Vadnais was cooked for all in attendance.

“They started this originally with two guys out of a garage,” said Bruce Andrews, who also helped organize the event. “...This year’s (turnout is) a little light, which is okay. We didn’t have this last year, but we’re having it this year and next year. It’ll get bigger once the reputation gets out there because most motorcycle rides don’t have a pig roast.”

The last time the ride was held two years ago, the Lions raised more than $12,000, and Andrews attributed the ride’s success in part to Vadnais, Rhode Island Beef and Veal and local resident John Ferreira — who all donated either food or equipment.

“These are the guys that make it for us,” Andrews said. “This is why we can raise so much money because these guys don’t charge us anything.”

Registration for the ride lasted from 10 a.m. to noon, and at noon, the riders pulled on to Reed Street in Rehoboth and began their ride around the area. They returned to the Seekonk Rod and Gun Club at about 2 p.m. and were greeted with an assortment of food and drinks — to accompany the pig roast — and live music performed by The 44 East Band.

While about 88 riders participated, the pig roast after the ride was attended by more than 150.

Organizers for the event had been working since 3:30 a.m. on Sunday to prepare the pig for that afternoon, Andrews said.